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1. Blue Tea Kitchens + Colour An insiders guide to kitchen design

2. An inside guide to kitchen design RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESIGN AESTHETIC AND DESIGN FUNCTIONALITY CASE STUDY: THE JONES’S KITCHEN

3. BALANCING ACT OPTIMAL KITCHEN DESIGN is a balancing act between design aesthetics and design functionality

4. WHAT IS AESTHETICS? * DICTIONARY DEFINED

5. WHERE DID IT ORGINATE FROM? AESTHETICS: ORIGIN late 18th century (in the sense 'relating to perception by the senses'): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta 'perceptible things', from aisthesthai 'perceive'. The sense 'concerned with beauty' was coined in German in the mid 18th century and adopted into English in the early 19th century, but its use was controversial until late in the century

6. WHAT IS FUNCTION? * DICTIONARY DEFINED

7. WHERE DID IT ORGINATE FROM? FUNCTION: ORIGIN mid 16th century: from French fonction, from Latin functio(n-), from fungi 'perform'

8. IN SUMMARY AESTHETICS IS RELATED TO BEAUTY, IS SENSORY AND EMOTIVE DRIVEN AND IS SUBJECTIVE FUNCTION IS RELATED TO PURPOSE AND PRACTICALITY AND IS OBJECTIVE EXCELLENT KITCHEN DESIGN IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE TWO

9. DESIGN AESTHETICS: A GREAT KITCHEN DESIGNER SHOULD... Assess clients aesthetic style through questions and observations and design the kitchen accordingly using:

10. FUNCTIONALITY: A GREAT KITCHEN DESIGNER SHOULD… Assess the clients space through measurements and observations and design the kitchen accordingly using:

11. A CASE STUDYTHE JONES’S KITCHEN

12. THE DESIGN PROCESS OF THE JONES’S KITCHEN WE ARE GOING TO EXAMINE THE STEPS IN HOW WE ACHIEVED THEIR STRIKING KITCHEN DESIGN AESTHETICS OUR SOLUTIONS TO THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED FUNCTION OUR SOLUTIONS TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS

13. THE JONES’S KITCHENTHE LOOK THEY WANTED SLEEK CLEAN LINES SIMPLE COSY DIFFERENT LOOK LIKE FURNITURE/ NOT A KITCHEN WARM CONTEMPORARY

14. HOW WE CREATED THIS: GEOMETRIC LINES CREATING SYMMETRY AND BALANCE ELONGATED LINES LARGE SETS OF STREAMLINED DRAWERS CREATING DEPTH OF SPACE OPEN PLAN KITCHEN SPACE ALLOWING AN INTEGRATED CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLE CONTEMPORARY CLEAN LINES SIMPLE

15. HOW WE CREATED THIS: WARM COLOUR HUES BALANCING LIGHTER AND DARKER TONES POLYURETHANE MATT FINISH TO GIVE A SOPHISTICATED AND SUBTLE LOOK DARKER CEILING TO DEFINE KITCHEN SPACE AND ADD COSINESS WARM COSY SLEEK

16. HOW WE CREATED THIS: HANDLESS CABINETRY FOR STREAMLINED EFFECT CONCEALEDSTORAGE SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LIGHTING TO CREATE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EVENINGS SPLASH OF COLOUR IN THE SPLASHBACK AND SEATING TO CREATE INDIVIDUALITY LOOK LIKE FURNITURE AND NOT A KITCHEN DIFFERENT

20. THE JONES’S KITCHENTHE FUNCTION THEY REQUIRED INTEGRATED LIVING/ DINING DEFINED AREA’S QUALITY PRODUCTS ERGONOMIC AMPLE BENCH SPACE SMART STORAGE SOLUTIONS EASY TO CLEAN

21. HOW WE CREATED THIS: LARGE ISLAND BENCH TOP UNCLUTTERED AREA FOR FOOD PREPARATION/ DINING LARGE DRAWER SETS LOCATED NEAR COOKING AREA FOR PLATES, POTS AND PANS ETC. DRAWERS HOLD 30% STORAGE THAN CUPBOARDS AND CAN FUNCTION AS A PANTRY FOR COMMONLY USED ITEMS TOO INTERNAL DRAWERS CUTLERY AND UTENSILS ARE CONCEALED IN THE LARGER DRAWER SETS BENCH SPACE SMART STORAGE

22. HOW WE CREATED THIS: POLYURETHANE MATT FINISH EASY TO WIPE DOWN AND MAINTAIN. DOES NOT SHOW FINGERPRINTS OR COLLECT DUST. HANDLESS OPTION FOR EASY WIPE DOWN CAESARSTONE BENCHTOP QUALITY PRODUCT, DOES NOT NEED MAINTENANCE AND ADDS VALUE TO THE HOUSE BLUM HINGES AND RUNNERS LIFETIME GARAUNTEE, MADE IN GERMANY AND IS REGARDED AS THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY EASY TO CLEAN QUALITY PRODUCTS

23. HOW WE CREATED THIS: LARGE ISLAND BENCHTOP FOR LIVING/ DINING LIFESTYLE. CASUAL DINING, WET AREA TO ONE SIDE TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM DINING SPACE THE FLOOR PLAN ALLOWS AN EASY FLOW FROM LIVING AREAS, THROUGH TO THE KITCHEN AND DECK. THE KITCHEN FLOOR PLAN IS CONSIDERED IN THE WHOLE SPACE ERGONOMICALLY DESIGNED ITEMS ARE PLACED WHERE THEY CAN BE MOST EASILY ACCESSED AND THEIR PLACEMENT IS DETERMINED BY THE FREQUENCY OF USE ERGONOMIC INTEGRATED LIVING/ DINING

24. HOW WE CREATED THIS:DYNAMIC SPACE A CONCEPT BY BLUM ZONE PLANNING IS USED TO DEFINE AREA’S IN THE JONES’S KITCHEN CONSUMABLE ITEMS ARE PLACED IN THE EASY ACCESS PANTRY AND REFRIGERATOR NON-CONSUMABLE EG. TABLEWARE, GLASS, UTENSILS ETC. ITEMS THAT ARE USED OFTEN-SUCH AS PLATES- ARE PLACED IN DRAWERS FOR EASY ACCESS CLEANING ZONE IS DEFINED UNDER THE WET AREA (SINK) PREPARATION ZONE EG KITCHEN UTENSILS USED FOR FOOD PREP PLUS ITEMS SUCH AS OILS AND SPICES ARE PLACED CLOSE TO THE FOOD PREP AREA COOKING ZONE, COOKING AND BAKING ITEMS ARE PLACED IN THIS ZONE (DIRECTLY IN DRAWERS UNDER THE COOKTOP AND STORAGE NEAR THE OVEN) DEFINED AREA’S

25. THE FLOOR PLAN

26. DEFINED AREA’SDYNAMIC SPACE CONCEPT CONSUMABLES edible goods NON-CONSUMABLES tableware, glassware, utensils etc COOKING ZONE cooking and baking items

27. DEFINED AREA’SDYNAMIC SPACE CONCEPT COOKING ZONE cooking and baking items PREPARATION ZONE kitchen utensils and food prep items CLEANING ZONE household cleaners etc

28. ELEVATIONDYNAMIC SPACE CONCEPT CONSUMABLES edible goods NON-CONSUMABLES tableware, glassware, utensils COOKING ZONE cooking and baking items